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Artist: Coil
Canonical path: /coil/i-am-the-green-child
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I am the Green Child
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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I am the Green Child
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I am [your creation?]
I [remember creation?]
I am [your creation?]
I [remember creation?]
I [hope? hold?] ???
Your ??? by ...???
And ??? drank to the fire with ???
???
I am the Green Child
The vengeance divine
I am the Green Child
What's twice in thine is thrice in mine
What's twice in thine is thrice in mine
I have ???
??? [driving me? thrive in me?]
Oblivion coming from the ???
??? of the state we're in
Occidental vomit
We're swimming in a sea of occidental vomit
We're swimming in a sea of occidental vomit
We're swimming in a sea of occidental vomit
Let's make a papercut
It's the least I can do
Splash colour, sound, oblivion
Splash colour, sound, oblivion
Splash colour, sound, oblivion
Living insane
Driven insane
By this [game? claim?] of shame
I'm driven insane
By the name of
In fifteen minutes, the future will be famous
In fifteen minutes, the future will be famous
Electrocuted by hallucinatory equipment
[The vomit world?]
Swimming in the sewer
The machine started to flow into a vein
The machine started to flow into a vein
Electrocuted by hallucinatory equipment
Electrocuted by hallucinatory equipment
Electrocuted by hallucinatory equipment
Electrocuted by hallucinatory equipment
The machine started to flow into a vein
The machine started to flow into a vein
??? [ungrateful?]
???
A vengeance divine
Vengeance is mine
I am the Green Child
Color, sound, oblivion
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